Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Study tip (Recall, space, mix): Find the topic: recall, spacing, mixing, notes, flashcards, focus or rest. Techniques that make you retrieve, space and mix usually beat re-reading, cramming and blocks. For sums: review day = day + gap; Pomodoro rounds = minutes ÷ 30; focus minutes = rounds × 25.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a timer on the desk (b) a goal for the session (c) a messy desk (d) notifications off
- 2.📅 You learn a topic on day 13. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long read-through (b) all in one night (c) gaps that grow longer (d) starting the day before
- 4.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 5.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
- 6.True or false: “water bottle ready” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 8.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) branches for subtopics (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) colours and small icons
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short repeat sessions (b) a review calendar (c) starting the day before (d) old topics each week
- 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Underline roots.”
- 11.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 16, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) no break for 3 hours (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for the session
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) flipping straight away
- 14.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
- 15.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) old and new topics mixed (d) all area sums together
- 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
- 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
- 19.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) no review at all (d) 4 hours in 1 night
- 20.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a quiet corner? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear desk (b) a noisy hallway (c) a quiet corner (d) good light
- 22.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or copying notes neatly? (a) recalling from memory (b) copying notes neatly
- 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Formula for speed?
- 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 27.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV in view (b) good light (c) a cluttered table (d) a noisy hallway
- 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
- 31.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
- 33.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or re-reading the chapter? (a) practice questions (b) re-reading the chapter
- 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 35.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: one long read-through? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 36.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) it is a rule (b) teachers say so (c) to save paper (d) the memory lasts longer
- 37.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 38.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 39.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) cramming at night (b) studying once, long (c) never reviewing (d) reviewing over time
- 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one topic all evening (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) switching topic each sum
Answer key
- a messy desk
- 28
- gaps that grow longer
- breaks your focus
- recalling without notes
- False
- helps you focus
- top-to-bottom lists
- starting the day before
- “What do roots do?”
- 24
- no break for 3 hours
- one fact per card
- writing it from memory
- old and new topics mixed
- the front
- practice questions
- recalling from memory
- 1 hour on 4 days
- a good study spot
- a noisy hallway
- True
- recalling from memory
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Cornell notes
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- True
- good light
- recalling from memory
- False
- familiar is not known
- practice questions
- interleaving
- cramming
- the memory lasts longer
- cramming
- a good study spot
- reviewing over time
- one topic all evening
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